Forgiveness Removes Guilt
I encourage everyone I know to start a daily forgiveness practice. Why? Because when we develop the habit of daily forgiveness, over time our guilt will be removed.
We all carry huge storehouses of unresolved guilt lurking in our subconscious minds. We feel guilty for every lie we've ever told, every unkind thought we've ever had, every person we've ever judged, or rule we've ever broken. We believe we have sinned.
The Mother-Lode of Guilt
Over the years, this guilt builds up. However, it pales in comparison to the mother-lode of guilt we create every moment we live apart from God. Living as individuals in our egos and choosing to ignore our true identity and oneness as God’s Son* leaves us with an iceberg of guilt beneath the surface of our conscious minds. Only forgiveness can heal this deep guilt.
Guilt Blocks Our True Inheritance
Without forgiveness, we believe we are unworthy. Guilt blocks our ability to experience the true gifts which are our inheritance from God. These gifts include peace, love, happiness, knowledge, beauty, and abundance.
The Key to Happiness
Here is the key to happiness: do your forgiveness work, and you will be able to live in God’s gifts. Forgive and release guilt, and you will begin to believe yourself worthy of accepting everything that God has to offer.
*Son--The word Son in A Course of Miracles, refers to the collective Sonship, of which we are all a part, having been created by God. We are all his perfect Son, the Christ.
Want to go deeper into forgiveness?
- Explore how forgiveness reconnects us to divine compassion in Unblocking our Connection to Love. Read it here →
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Let these tools light your path — because forgiveness sets you free.
— Sue Pipal
